Characterization of a lamellocyte transcriptional enhancer located within the misshapen gene of Drosophila melanogaster.

Drosophila has emerged as an excellent model system in which to study cellular and genetic aspects of hematopoiesis. Under normal developmental conditions and in wild-type genetic backgrounds, Drosophila possesses two types of blood cells, crystal cells and plasmatocytes. Upon infestation by a paras...

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Main Authors: Tsuyoshi Tokusumi, Richard Paul Sorrentino, Mark Russell, Roberto Ferrarese, Shubha Govind, Robert A Schulz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-07-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2713827?pdf=render